The Dark King - Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Dudian focused on his practice from next day on .

He would get up before the dawn and go to training field to practice archery . As there was no guidance from the instructor he would practice scattered archery that he had previously learned . He had to improve his arrow pulling speed and aim because of this . His range also had increased to two hundred meters . His rate of successful shots was high . About sixty percent of the shots would hit target's heart .

The shots would deviate as he practiced for long hours but there was no off-target shot .

There was 'luck' charasteric of archery . Even an ordinary person would be able to hit bull's eye two or three times if they made hundred or so shots . But a hunter who would be walking by the edge of death couldn't rely on this 'luck' component . He had to control the unstable factors and make his shots as precise as possible . After 10 days of practice his single shots has stabilized at two hundred meters distance . However, when it came to scattered arrow shooting there would be some which will deviate off the target .

"Scattered shots are more suitable for hunting undeads . I have to rely on normal archery if I hunt after large beasts . I can't have errors at important moments!" Dudian was practicing but at the same time evaluating the options . : "The beasts have better hearing and perception in comparison to normal undeads . I can fully pull open this intermediate knight's bow with my current arm strength . Moreover my highest range is 320 meters . Its unfortunate that I can't afford to buy a better bow . Even if I wouldn't be pull that bow to its maximum capacity but it would still be better the one at hand . "

"I have to increase my accuracy rate before working on improving my range . If I can't hit all the shots made from 200 meters then there is no point working on 300 meter shots . Moreover, even if I can make a proper shot at 200 meters, I have to work on making second and third shot accurately too . "

He knew that a good archer had to be accurate . At a long distance even a centimeter of deviation may change the result . Every point has to be included in the calculation .

"However, achieving such results in short six months is very difficult . " Dudian was very clear about his capabilities and he knew that he lacked nothing but time .

"I have to increase my successful shot rate to ninety percent before considering to increase my range . "

Increasing the rate of successful shots to more than 90 percent is an excellent resut . It has to be noted that since the ancient times an archer with 100 percent shots were called strikers . A few people would be a striker even in a large country . Although he was a hunter with better physical strength than an ordinary person but it didn't mean that his perception and talent in archery was better than ordinary person's . He was able to achieve excellent results in 100 meters range but two hundred meters was a different matter . The difficulty didn't just double .

Whoosh!

Another arrow hit the target .

Dudian repeatedly pulled an arrow from the quiver put it in bow and made the shot . The squire standing next to him handed out another bucket of arrows . At first a normal servant was helping him out . However as Dudian's speed was too fast and increased as the time passed so an ordinary servant wasn't able to keep up with him . A knight's squire from the Ryan family was attending him .

Squires were trained and fit . They were more capable than an ordinary person but even their arms would get sore after helping out Dudian .

"Two arrows to shot a beast in about two seconds . My speed is too slow as beast wouldn't be sitting around and . . . . . . " as he practiced more, the archery skills were being carved into Dudian's bones . He would visualize beast in target's location and try to shot accordingly .

Soon he finished shooting the target . The servant standing by stepped out to replace the target .

"At first I was thinking about using the gunpowder in arrows to enhance the lethality but not it seems that this approach is impracticable . The gunpowder will seriously impede the accuracy of shots . Although if gunpowder is tied to the arrow then there is no need for a precise and accurate shot . But the gunpowder will affect the speed of the arrow . Moreover the destructive power of the arrow will decrease by many folds . It wouldn't be as practicable as a normal arrow . "

"What could I use in addition to gunpowder to enhance the destructive power of arrows?"

"I'm temporarily unable to use spiral arrow shots . Should I replace the material used to forge the arrows?"

He was constantly pondering about solutions as he shot the arrows .

In the blink of an eye half a month passed .

He would start accurately at 6:00 in the morning to practice . He would train for half an hour and go to eat breakfast for exactly 10 minutes . Afterwards he would come back to training ground to continue his archery practice . In addition to eating and rest he wouldn't do anything else until 6 o'clock in the evening .

After the archery training Dudian would practice and improve his close combat skills . It was to protect himself from beasts which could close on him without him being able to percieve their existence . He had to be able to avoid such situations . However he spent his time on archery the most .

On this day Dudian was practicing archery as usual in the training ground . It hasn't been long that he was practicing when a servant came over . : "Mr Dean, master is asking for you . "

"Ah?" Dudian didn't stop but asked while practicing . : "What's the matter?"

The servant said in a respectful tone . : "It seems guests from Scott consortium had come over . "

Dudian put away the bow and quiver . He went to the castle .

The servants were cleaning the hall as they wiped the dusts . The children and grandchildren of Old Fulin haven't woken up yet . He came to the conference room . Old Fulin, family butler and three other figures were present in the room . There was a middle aged man wearing a suit, a knight and a beautiful woman whose identity wasn't known to him . The knight had a badge from Knight Hall on his chest . It seems he was an intermediate level knight .

"We have guests . "Old Fulin waved over to Dudian and smiled . Dudian came over to sit next to the table . Old Fulin introduced him . : "This is Mr Dean . "

The three turned over to check Dudian . They were a bit surprised as they looked up and down at him .

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